Friends of the Earth Action president, Dr. Brent Blackwalder, calls out McCain:

You know how self righteous John McCain can be when he talks about corporate pork and earmarks, but do you know why he opposes the Lieberman-Warner global warming bill?  He plans to vote against it not because it could lavish $1 trillion on the profitable oil, gas and coal industries, but because he wants to add hundreds of billions of dollars more in earmarks for the nuclear industry!  

Yeah, what a maverick.

"Senator McCain throughout the campaign has been trying to make it seem like he's a moderate on the environment," said Friends of the Earth spokesman Nick Berning.  "But his actions haven't been consistent with his rhetoric.  We're going right after that image to put pressure on him, because we do want him to be a maverick on the environment."

FOE Action has a new television ad running nationwide on CNN.  Let's help out FOE Action and start smacking McCain around a little, instead of each other.

I saw a diary yesterday on Daily Kos that claimed that Clinton's critique of Obama as "elitist" was really a way of calling him an "uppity black man."  

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/4/14/ 193829/461

Arrogance and Elitism =Uppity where I came from.
by YellerDog [Subscribe]
Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 05:15:33 PM PDT
Oh now I get it.  

Arrogance and elitists are fashionable code words. Growing up in the segregated South the word they used was Uppity which was usually followed by the N....word and applied to any black man who had the temerity to speak from authority.  MLK, for instance, was uppity.  MLK spoke truth with authority and power.  Truth, power, and authority are dangerous notions especially in the head of an uppity black man.  

I commented in it and opined that it was bs:

The argument articulated in this diary is such a reach. Not every critcism of Obama can be twisted into a racial attack.  

It looks as if Barack Obama agrees with me.  Come around after the fold.

There is a new ad out by Senator Clinton criticizing the recent remarks of Senator Obama.

Announcer: "Barack Obama said that people in small towns `cling to guns or religion ... as a way to explain their frustrations.'"

Woman 1: "I was very insulted by Barack Obama."

Man 1: "It just shows how out of touch Barack Obama is."

Woman 2: "I'm not clinging to my faith out of frustration and bitterness. I find that my faith is very uplifting."
Man 2: "The good people of Pennsylvania deserve a lot better than what Barack Obama said."

Woman 1: "Hillary does understand the citizens of Pennsylvania better."

Woman 3: "Hillary Clinton has been fighting for people like us her whole life."

So what do you think about it?  Fair?  Unfair?  Effective? Not effective?

Y'all can fight now.  Have fun.  

According to the New York Times, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says the House will change its rules so as to block the requirement of a vote on the free trade agreement with Colombia.

Pelosi says the House will vote on the rules change policy Thursday, effectively putting off a vote on a free trade agreement that is a key priority of the Bush administration.

''The president took his action. I will take mine tomorrow,'' Pelosi said.

NY Times

If she succeeds, the Colombian Unfair Trade Agreement is dead for now.

More, after the fold.  

X-Posted from Daily Kos.

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/4 /9/122915/7249/532/492715

X-Posted from docudharma

In a press release I received today, Friends of the Earth Action criticized both leading Democratic presidential candidates for their recent anti-environment, pro-coal comments.  

Senator Hillary Clinton expressed enthusiasm for coal and failed to condemn mountaintop removal during an interview yesterday on West Virginia Public Radio.  Today, Senator Barack Obama delivered a speech in West Virginia advocating so-called "clean coal" as a solution to global warming.

Both are wrong.

"These comments raise serious questions about whether the Democratic candidates are as committed to clean energy as they claim to be," Friends of the Earth Action President Brent Blackwelder said.  "Coal is not clean--period.  And it is especially dirty and damaging when it is mined through the mountaintop removal process, in which mountains are literally blown to pieces, wiping vast swaths of nature off the map and polluting valleys, streams and rivers."

I want to share a video from NCDem Amy who is in South Carolina volunteering for John Edwards. The video shows John Edwards this morning.

From Amy:

Just saw John at a polling location where he stopped in to greetsupporters and was mobbed by the media

I have a few Edwards news stories after the fold, including his views on Bill Clinton campaigning for Hillary.

More after the fold.

X-Posted from Dkos

The Democrats agreed with Bush on an economic stimulus plan today.  It includes tax rebates and

"a robust package of business incentives.  

snip

To get to the agreement, Democrats dropped calls for increases in food stamps and an extension of unemployment compensation."

John Edwards criticized the Democratic sellout of working people and collaboration with Bush

"This is another example of Washington deserting working people and the middle class."

Edwards Statement On The Economic Stimulus Package Before Congress

Today, the John Edwards for President campaign unveiled a new theatrical trailer for Native Son: The Movie, starring Senator John Edwards.

The trailer, narrated by well-known voiceover artist and Edwards' supporter George DelHoyo, highlights how Edwards has spent his life standing up to the rich and powerful to help the kind of regular people he grew up with in the Palmetto State, and how, as president, Edwards will rescue a nation hijacked by special interests and deliver it back to the hands of the people.

"From the people that want to end this senseless war, comes the story of the man who will bring you stronger schools, smart trade and universal health care," the narrator explains. "Starring South Carolina's native son, John Edwards. On January 26th, choose a brighter future - John Edwards for President."

The video, after the fold.